Davey089

Don't take them is the easiest way . I won't go into a long winded run down of the hasssle/grief I encountered with the French Duane at Ouestriham on the 65th. I had the de acts registered with the local French Authorities . I had all the relevant official French paperwork stamped and signed. Weapons while in transit were in covers locked away in the motorhome locker , stopped on the way back home by the Duane(no problem while riding around Normandy with the Jeep) . Showed them all the French Paperwork supported by the de act certs ...............arrogant B*****d wasn't interested :mad:, called in more of his buddies 6 in total confiscated the weapons , 1 No4 ,2 Sten's 1 .30cal plus 2 DENIX Thompsons (there was 5 of us) it only helped when another senior ranked Duane came over , going by the way he had a go I think he bollocked them . The weapons were still taken away and put on the Ferry by them and when I got back I wasted 2 hrs tracking them down to get them back ............not happy when I had another 7 hrs to get home . Worth mentioning our end wasn't bothered about the weapons , just the French Best advice don't even contemplate taking them

Hi Jermey PM sent Dave

Found this .........http://www.iwm.org.uk/events/iwm-duxford/military-vehicle-show-0

Hello Jack I think you will have a problem with the WD tyres.The tool pouch on mine isn't marked with any maker mark though the tools inside are marked BSA .The front light, I'm not aware of any specific lamp that was fitted to the Airborne Bicycle . If I'm wrong on any of the above , someone will correct it and aim you in the right direction . Dave

I brought an unmolested one back from Arnhem which has never been touched from the day it was dropped it was found with around 20 more in a fire station refurb a few year ago .The tool kit ,pump markings etc are all intact and complete , all in all in excellent condition it still has the sticky grease all over the sprockets and levers . I paid for 3 yr ago from a Dutch collector £1700 , which at the time was the going rate .

Just had an e mail from Mike , he mentioned he's only got a few of the springs left , suggest if you need one get him rang up , he's ok me giving his number 01422 824418

Duncan (Bigtoemonkey ) is having the bits .Might be worth just checking the spring(if its there) , mine was totally rusted to the verge of snapping Dave

Richard Duncan is having the sleeve and locking ring , if I come across another I'll give you a shout. The spare one I had came from Pete Gaines , it might be worth giving him a call ? Dave

Another thing that cropped up on mine it had a Civilian Radiator Cap , luckily there are still some NOS MW ones available from Chris Mortar

Sent you a PM Mike The sealing ring on one of mine is rubber and the other is like a PTFE material

That's the million dollar question . Its who if anyone has any laid around , I managed to get one a while ago .The spring is available while stocks last (new repo) ,its the brass pieces that are hard to come by I'm not aware of anyone having these made , and the usual suppliers don't have any NOS on the shelf . I've just ordered up another spring to keep on the shelf as a spare Dave

Hi Richard The components as photo , the spring goes in first followed by the sleeve then the locking ring screws down 9/16" from the top of filler neck .The photo shows the old spring but i do have a brand new one that goes with it . I think this spare one I have is spoken for , if not I'll let you know Dave

I have all the parts you need .It has the old spring with it or I have a brand new spring I can sell separately .I would also replace the seal on the locking ring with a new o ring/seal. Someone correct me if I'm wrong , the locking ring needs to be 9/16" from the top of the filler neck. Dave

Cope and drags are basically a two piece casting frame , you place in the item to cast and pack it with casting sand , can't see why it can't be cast in Bronze (bling) . I said to John I've had all these bits made out of Mahogany (which is what the timber was when I pulled it apart) plus all the brass bits , that would be different a bulled up and French polished MW:cool2: , seems a shame to hide all that nice timber and brass under paint Dave

I've just been looking at a small electric furnace and a couple of cope and drags , trouble is I would have to cast a fair bit of stuff to warrant buying it , but cope and drags plus ali ingots , sand and blow lamp is more economical . Cheers Dave

:tup::John sent me the pics , I e mailed him mentioned them and couldn't believe how fast you came back with them :wow: . I was contemplating buying some casting sand etc and doing them .The clips are sorted apart from the 50mm , their out of stock at the moment so as soon as they arrive I'll get them sent off . Dave

There are a few stopping here http://www.chateau-martragny.com/index.htm?lang=en , if you ring up they are English that run the site ask for Sue , nice site we've stopped there everytime we go and that's been for the last 28yr , this year we are with the IMPS up at Port un Bessin supposed to be a nice spot , try there as there will be a good number of MV's on this site. Dave

Hell of a job

I received a turn around of approx 6 weeks from the DVLA registering my MW .I imagine it would been quicker if some jobsworth hadn't returned my application because I forgot to date the application :whistle:

I'm Rural .I was on std broadband went Sky Fibre because they said how good it was , the way to go etc etc , waste of money , in fact I would say it freezes more than it did before :mad: , very disappointing wouldn't recommend it to anyone .

No that's right arm , left arm would be the same as the collar one or the same but Maroon/Blue

Left arm is 5 Airborne, obviously an old sweat as he has the 5AB flash on the collar. Have you a pic of the front ?

Ah ok , thanks .It would be nice to have one like in the photo , then I could get rid of my 14x14 .

Wonder if it would fit on the back on a Bedford MW ?